Pro tank issues

[chrisj3982]

Ok, another issue I am having is that I seem to be having some sort if issue with my protank. I fill it, prime the coil, an it gives me 2-3 good hits then it tastes like the wick is burning. I constantly have to do the 3-4 sharp pulls without pressing the button to reprise the coil. It's a bit of a pain in the ..., but can't use the regular tanks with the cola/soda flavored juices (which I had heard and learned from experience the other day, wild cherry cola juice destroyed my brand new iclear16 literally within 3 minutes of buying it). Is there a truck to it that I just don't know?


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[JeremyR]

The best way to use the protank v1 is to wick it kinda tight and use the tank as juice control. When you get to the dry hit point , unscrew the tank and watch for air bubbles to rise. Air bible indicate juice feeding the wick. Slowly go counting the turns till no more bubbles rise. 6 turns is That's you max open when no more bubbles Go about half way 2 turns for me but depends on the wicking. The pressure has to be negative to unscrew. After fill to dryish hit. The you can open up. Just screw back down when transporting. Trust me on this one.. It will not leak. You should be at a point where you see bubbles rise every 2-4 vapes.. Try it.. You will get much better flavor out of it!

 

[chrisj3982]

I think mine is the protank 2, but I'll give that a try


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[JeremyR]

Oh shoot, I was afraid of that. As long as the top glass is permeant to the top you can loosen up to the point the oring looses seal at the base. But Sill maintains enough seal to not let juice leak out. You'll have to play with it.. You have too much wick in the channels it sounds like or your coil is too tight on the wick. You can try
Flipping the cup seal then to expose the wicks better or notch the cup seal to not punch on the wick. If using vg you can add some water to thin it down, 1-3 drops per ml.

 

[JeremyR]

Or lower your voltage

 

[Bawn]

Welcome to the forums. Your describing the dreaded pro tank issue. Pro tanks are notorious for this problem. They require a lot of fiddling and are a pain the .... What vg/pg ratio are you using? If the juice is to thick it won't wick worth a dam. Kanger is in generation 3 of this device and still can't seem to get it right. You can try removing the flavor wicks from the coil.

This video shows you how to remove them.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Start at the lowest vv and work up. Also when you put it on the battery, snug, then back it off a slight bit. May help with air flow. Let it set a couple of mins after re-filling also, give the wicks time to absorb the liquid. And try a different juice. It sounds like that cherry cola is bad all the way around.

 

[sda2010]

Try changing to cotton like in this thread. It worked well in all 9 of my protank 2's and mini protank 2s. Easy and cheap enough to change the cotton and you can thicken and thin the amount you use depending on your need. That may take a little experimenting to get what amount of cotton works for you/your juice, but I never had a problem.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/463771-protank-cotton-rebuild-way-i-do.html#post10575003

 

[dreamreaper]

I too am running into this problem after 2 weeks of using mine. At first it was great, then 2 days ago this all started when I switched to a new coil.
I have tried changing the coils (3x), removing one flavor wick, removing both. I am using the same juice as before so its kind of puzzling that at first it worked with both flavor wicks in, and now it wont with both removed. Its almost to the point where I am going to regulate them to back-up duty.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

I too am running into this problem after 2 weeks of using mine. At first it was great, then 2 days ago this all started when I switched to a new coil.
I have tried changing the coils (3x), removing one flavor wick, removing both. I am using the same juice as before so its kind of puzzling that at first it worked with both flavor wicks in, and now it wont with both removed. Its almost to the point where I am going to regulate them to back-up duty.

When you changed out the coils, did you also clean the whole tank system? If not, it couldn't hurt. Sometimes liquid gunks up in places we are not looking. Just a thought.

 

[chrisj3982]

I usually get a 60/40 ratio juice. And yea, the cherry cola is going on the "won't get again" list. It's just a shame I bought a 30ml bottle of it. And yea, I've noticed so far the protank seems to be a bit tempermental. It seemed like if I "reprimed" it every 4-5 puffs I avoided the burnt taste, but if I'm at work I'm not going to want to have to go through that all day long, I'll throw the thing out the window on the highway at 65 after a few hours. I'll have to mess with it, thanks for the suggestions. I'll let you guys know what ends up working out the best for me


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[dreamreaper]

When you changed out the coils, did you also clean the whole tank system? If not, it couldn't hurt. Sometimes liquid gunks up in places we are not looking. Just a thought.

I cleaned everything out with warm water, maybe I will try a PGA soak later today and see if that helps any. It almost has to be that, as it worked flawless before and now it gets burnt taste every 2nd hit and thats with 3 different coils.

 

[Jay-dub]

I thought my PT2 was bad until I adjusted my VW correctly. My issues had to do with to much juice getting transfered into the atty then dripping down into the bottom air holes in the base where the threads are. You may want to pull the chimney off the atty and remove a single, or maybe both, flavor-wicks if other solutions haven't worked for you. Good luck!

 

[dreamreaper]

I usually get a 60/40 ratio juice. And yea, the cherry cola is going on the "won't get again" list. It's just a shame I bought a 30ml bottle of it. And yea, I've noticed so far the protank seems to be a bit tempermental. It seemed like if I "reprimed" it every 4-5 puffs I avoided the burnt taste, but if I'm at work I'm not going to want to have to go through that all day long, I'll throw the thing out the window on the highway at 65 after a few hours. I'll have to mess with it, thanks for the suggestions. I'll let you guys know what ends up working out the best for me


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I hope that doesnt happen, but it did make me laugh!!!

 

[HughDaHand]

Welcome to the forums. Your describing the dreaded pro tank issue. Pro tanks are notorious for this problem. They require a lot of fiddling and are a pain the .... What vg/pg ratio are you using? If the juice is to thick it won't wick worth a dam. Kanger is in generation 3 of this device and still can't seem to get it right. You can try removing the flavor wicks from the coil.

This video shows you how to remove them.

Removing those flavor wicks can defiantly help to keep juice flowing to the coil in a situation like this. Another good way to help the juice flow to the coil is to use a air flow controller. Tank Airflow Controller

The idea here is if you block off some of the airflow to the tank you will have to draw a little harder. This will cause more liquid to be sucked out of the tank as you take a draw. You would need to find the sweat spot where you suck enough juice out of the tank to keep the wicks wet but not so much that you are flooding the head. Bottom Coil tanks are very dependent on how hard you draw during your hits and a air flow controller ran really help dial that in.

 

[chrisj3982]

Lol, yea. I can get frustrated with stuff easily when I'm driving


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[Mark Anthony]

Or lower your voltage

This^^^^ if you have a vv/vw mod lower your voltage.

 

[Bunnykiller]

Some of the issues I have encountered with the ProTank2 include gurgling and ejuice in the air column with low viscosity fluids ( Virgin Vapors for example) and dry/burnt hits with hi viscosity fluids ( 100% VG blends). I have found that adding Glycerin to the low viscosity fluids raises the viscosity enuf to reduce the gurgling and retrospect adding some distilled water to the hi viscosity fluids reduce the potential for dry hits. Its a matter of starting with small changes when customizing your fluids a few drops at a time but keep track of the amount of fluids used when changing your viscosities that way you will have a better idea when you add fluids to the whole bottle.

 

[chrisj3982]

I lowered it a bit, from 7.5 down to 6-6.5, same problem. I have to mess around with it for a bit and see what I can come up with


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[JeremyR]

Best way to get more juice in coil is remove wicks one at a time an then if too much add a few strands off a wick back on.

At any rate you should see those bubbles every 3-4 vapes!